Lot 1359, A bronze 'dragon' censer and cover, Qing dynasty, 19th century. Estimate  USD 6,000 ~ 8,000. Lot sold 43,750 USD. Photo Sotheby's.

the body well-cast with aquatic creatures against rolling waves, the sides set with a pair of upright chilong-form handles, all supported on cabriole legs issuing from monster masks terminating in paw feet, the reticulated cover formed as a large coiled dragon amid clouds with the head forming the knop, the base with an archaistic inscription (2) . Height 16 1/4  in., 41.3 cm

Provenance: Small Pleasures, Washington, DC, 1982.

Sotheby’s. Saturday at Sotheby’s: Asian Art New York, 19 mars 2016